Trilateral Commission | 2023 Plenary Meeting

The Trilateral Commission held its 2023 meeting in India, New Delhi —the first meeting to take place in India—drawing hundreds of leaders from around the globe to promote dialogue on key issues facing the international community.
JCIE Publications | Half Empty or Half Full?

This book details the proceedings of private, intensive bilateral discussions and deliberations between Japanese and Europeans in the “Hakone” Conferences.
JCIE Publications | The New Security Agenda: A Global Survey

This book analyzes how attitudes toward the meaning of security are changing around the world in the wake of the cold war, and in particular how the principal “new” security issues are perceived in key countries and regions.
Trilateral Commission | 2022 Plenary Meeting

The Trilateral Commission held its 2022 meeting in Washington DC—the first in-person plenary since the pandemic began—drawing hundreds of leaders from around the globe to promote dialogue on key issues facing the international community.
Insights| Strengthening the Triangle: China-Japan-US Rapprochement

In this translation, included in JCIE’s Global Thinknet Insights, University of Tokyo professor Akihiko Tanaka discusses the importance and status of China-Japan-US trilateral relations, and how to best strengthen these ties.
Insights | New Frameworks for Northeast Asian Security: Bilateral Alliances and Multilateral Unofficial Talks

This Global Thinknet Insights publication gives an overview of National Defense Academy Professor Masashi Nishihara’s stance on how to improve security approaches to Northeast Asia.
JCIE Publications | Emerging Civil Society in the Asia Pacific Community

This book is a compilation of reports written by leading intellectuals and specialists from 15 Asia Pacific countries on the focus of activities at the research institutions, foundations, and nongovernmental organizations of their respective countries.
Japan Exasperated by Trump’s Trade Policies

As US farmers suffer under high tariffs, Japanese officials are in no rush to cut a new trade deal with the United States.
Japan Alone Cannot Guard or Sustain Peace

When one speaks of turmoil on the Korean Peninsula, it’s usually in reference to North Korea, not South Korea. But Itsunori Onodera, who stepped down as Japan’s defense minister in September 2014, has some concerns with Seoul’s “provocative” actions toward Pyongyang.
Rebel Without a Country

Rebel Pepper, China’s most notorious political cartoonist, fled his native land for Japan. But life in exile is tougher than he expected.